Charges pending for three accused Christmas decoration vandals

Wednesday

Dec 5, 2012 at 4:56 PM

Charges are pending against three Davidson County teenagers suspected of vandalizing Christmas decorations and mailboxes in the Reeds, Tyro and Churchland communities.

Charges are pending against three Davidson County teenagers suspected of vandalizing Christmas decorations and mailboxes in the Reeds, Tyro and Churchland communities.Davidson County sheriff's deputies began investigating multiple reports of decorations being damaged or stolen from residences on Gleneagle Lane, N.C. Highway 150 South, Lamb Road and Jubilee Road. Yard ornaments and blow-up Santa Clauses were targeted. In many cases, the blow-up Christmas decorations, which included snowmen and snow globes, were slashed, according to incident reports filed in the Davidson County Sheriff's Office Records Division.Several mailboxes were also damaged on West Center Street Extension, as well as Hobbs and Koontz roads, according to incident reports. Additionally, a resident reported a lighted deer decoration stolen from a residence on Gleneagle Lane.Through interviews and the course of the investigation, deputies discovered that three people between the ages of 17 and 19 were responsible for the damages, according to a Davidson County Sheriff's Office press release issued Wednesday afternoon.The identities of the three individuals have not been released.Davidson County Sheriff David Grice said he reminds young people who may be inclined to participate in this type of damage that legal consequences will be imposed when they are caught, according to the press release.